All right, I'm an addict. I can't stop reading these books. I already ordered #5. Damn you Amazon Prime 2 day shipping.

This one introduces Empowered's version of the Batman. He's called Maidman. He dresses up as a cleaning maid. A sexy cleaning maid.

Have I mentioned that Empowered is absolutely shameless about pointing out that Superheroes, if they existed, would be viewed much like furries? No-one would ever believe you weren't wearing a leather outfit and mask unless you were getting off on it. And in Empowered... they do. Urgh. Yeah, comics today take the subject implicitly, but in Empowered, it's the premise.

The interesting thing about Empowered is that as much as it makes fun of superheroes, it rarely makes fun of the main characters. Especially when they have issues. Thugboy's very conscious balancing act when it comes to Ninjette (he's in love with EMP, but can't help but react when Ninjette sits on his lap) is one of the interesting little dynamics that you really wouldn't see many other places -- you could do it in TV or in a novel, perhaps, but the multiple levels of external and internal dialog and facial expressions in a single frame is honestly something you could only really do in comics, and it's actually done tastefully and respectfully.

Oh, and Empowered's "make a wish" gift to the child with cancer was beautiful. His respect and admiration for her and her growing appreciation for him was completely not where I thought that story would go.